Since Bob isn’t the most rational sort of being, who clearly doesn’t think things through all the way and acts on impulse at times, he ends up in a heap of worse trouble when he bites a visiting, gossipy neighbor who insists on insulting his ‘tail-wagging’ capabilities.

Unfortunately for him at the time, one night he completely changes – in front of family and therapist friend. Awaiting him is a pile of mounting bills, unpaid debts, eviction notices, marital pressure, possible homelessness, therapy, his young son reading Kafka like it’s a guide, and, oh, yeah, dreams of becoming a wolf.

The signs are hard to ignore, but the man does his best when he gets home to wifey and son. The next day he briefly wonders if he imagined the whole thing. The plot may not even sound that horrorish - see, I can invent new words =) It reads out more of a drama, the horror being the forcefulness of the situation Bob Duke finds himself in, the uncertainty, and his rebelliousness against the change attacking his body.īob Duke becomes a wolf one night at a hotel on a business trip. You also don’t have a constantly shifting creature raging against his inner impulses there’s no moon watching here, no silver bullets to be dodged, and no strange herbs to devour to fend off any curses. Nope, you don’t have furry man-beasts sniffing out human flesh here, folks. This is the first signed limited edition of the novel.The First thing that should be noted, gotten out of the way first, is to emphasize this is no ordinary werewolf novel. Lettered and Numbered editions are signed by the author and artist, and the Artist edition is signed by the artist. The text pages are set in Meno and Dala Floda. The editions measure 6” x 9” and feature thirteen full color illustrations by François Vaillancourt, as well as a new exclusive introduction by Whitley Strieber. The signed limited edition of The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber is presented in three states: Lettered, Numbered and Artist. In 1981, The Wolfen was adapted into a horror movie starring Albert Finney, directed by Michael Wadleigh. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers deemed it, “an amazingly effective debut novel that turns the werewolf story completely on its head. Upon its release in 1978, the Washington Post called The Wolfen “a howling success.” Likewise, St. Strieber’s novel breathed new life into the werewolf genre, building upon the traditional myth and lore of the lycanthrope to create a genetically superior crossbreed of human and wolf that has existed in the shadows for centuries. Fast-paced, compelling, and gruesomely violent, The Wolfen is the first novel by bestselling horror novelist, Whitley Strieber.įollowing the savage killing of two New York City policemen, George Wilson and Becky Neff are two detectives bound together by their strange and passionate hunt for the Wolfen.